my grandpa fought in WWII and when he met Russians in Germany as the war was ending the Russians scoffed as his troops something like "well if u guys are so great in America then why on earth are you driving Russian Jeeps?" and had a good laugh. The Russian troops had been told that the American Jeeps they were driving were Russian made. All serial numbers or insignia had been taken off with acid or other such methods and replaced with Russian lettering and badges. i found this to be pretty interesting.